Royal Challengers Challengers At the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Sunday, Bangalore Beat Mumbai Indians by an eight-wicket margin to begin their IPL 2023 campaign. RCB easily won after inviting MI to bat first and then tightening the screws by taking 3 wickets during the powerplay. Even though Mumbai made a comeback of sorts because, to Tilak Varma’s superb 84-run innings, the Blue and Gold Brigade only managed to reach 171/7 in their 20 overs. With half-centuries from Faf du Plessis (73) and Virat Kohli (82*), the Bangalore openers made quick work of the run chase. In the end, Bangalore won by an 8-wicket margin after completing the complete chase with 22 balls remaining.
After an anomaly in the first game of the doubleheader on Sunday between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Rajasthan Royals, in which the defending champions handed the Orange Army a 72-run loss at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad to move to the top of the table, another home team triumphed in the competition.
Analysis of RCB vs MI Match: Bangalore Bowlers Shine and Openers Dominate
Regarding the match between RCB and MI, Bangalore’s bowlers undoubtedly had a better day on the pitch and helped the team win, even though some could argue that their openers did the heavy lifting. The leg-spinner Karn Sharma was the best bowler for Bangalore, taking 2 for 32. Each Michael Bracewell, Akash Deep, Akash Topley, Harshal Patel, and Mohammed Siraj took a wicket.
When Bangalore’s openers got going, MI’s batsmen appeared to be completely lost facing two players at the top of their game on a wicket that seemed to be a batter’s heaven. Just Arshad Khan and Cameron Green of the MI bowlers were able to secure a wicket, as they took out Du Plessis and Dinesh Karthik, respectively. However, Piyush Chawla was the most efficient of the group, scoring just 26 runs in his four overs.
The five-time winners haven’t won their opening game of the year since 2012, thus Bangalore’s victory has further prolonged MI’s wait for a victory.
